Missions hold on against Corpus

Published 10:08 pm, Sunday, June 8, 2014

Missions 6, Corpus Christi 5

CORPUS CHRISTI — The Missions held on to win a wild game Sunday night and snapped a four-game losing streak in front of 5,658 at Whataburger Field.

The Missions overcame a four-run deficit for the third time this year by scoring a pair of runs in the sixth inning and three in the seventh. Four of the runs were charged to Tommy Shirley. It was the first time the Hooks' starter has allowed more than two earned runs in an outing this year.

The Missions turned an inning-ending double play to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh. They then turned an inning-ending 8-2 double play in eighth.